26 Mar
2015
26 Mar
'15
6:43 p.m.
I don't know. Fwiw, Wikipedia says "Use of stick charts and navigation by swells apparently ended after World War II, when new electronic technologies made navigation more accessible, and travel between islands by canoe lessened." Apparently the guy mentioned by chongo was one of only a few people who could navigate as he did. So I'm not sure how "routine" it is. --Dan
On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
Ok, so Polynesian humans routinely do this kind of navigation, and this skill is not considered to be unusual or rare (among Polynesians).